My first fall harvest
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Comments (8)Thanks - I'm pretty proud The beds were made from scrap boards I had at hand. Some of them are cedar, I think the others are oak and pine. The man that owned this house before me left quite a bit of nice lumber. I designed the garden based on the lumber I had. I may have to actually buy some next year when I expand. The unhealthy plants aren't in the pictures - notice the tee-pee with nothing on it? I put in sweet peas that produced 2- 3 peas each and then died. Bush beans havent done well for me either - lots of insect damage, there has been some fruit production, but the plants are about the same size as when I put them in. And yes T-Bird, Carmen Miranda was my first association so I had to include the pic....See MoreFirst fruit harvest for my (cold winter) area
Comments (7)I'm in zone 7 and grow this bush exactly for the early ripening fruit that you describe. I don't get berries every Spring but when I do I get enough to do something with. They also serve the purpose of feeding the honeybees on warm winter days when they are one of the few plants in bloom. I grow Goumi's also. They have a much better Cherry-like flavor and a long fruiting season. I grow both Sweet Scarlet and Red Gem with Red Gem usually ripening a few weeks before Sweet Scarlet. I also have a miss labeled version that was supposed to have amber colored berries but instead has extra large fruit. I don't know who it is but it is my new favorite. Check out Eleagnus latifolia or So Shang Fruit from the foothills of the Himalayas. Fruit the size of plums. All the cuttings I've acquired over the years never grew roots so I am ordering seeds this year. Autumn Olive is weed here so I have no need to plant it, I can harvest all the berries I want in the fall from the woods across the street. So just from this one genus I can get fresh fruit for half the year!...See MoreSome questions about my first fall square foot garden
Comments (5)I never tried "pure Mel's mix". I merely incorporated vermiculite, peat and extra compost into my existing soil. (After all, I'd spent the previous 5 years of gardening amending my clay soil...I didn't want all the previous effort to go to waste, besides, I had finally gotten my mix to the level I was almost happy with it....it was crumbly...full of worms...and wasn't as compacted as it had been.) I have had no problems with moisture retention (of course, that's probably in large part due to the level of clay content) even when I don't water quite as often as I should (life can get down right ridiculous sometimes!). My garden takes only a small step back, but bounces right back when I water, or a big storm comes through. advaya, Your plant choices look perfect. Some others to consider: Parsnips and rutabagas...all root crops do well in the fall garden. Also, they tend to be sweeter after they are nipped by a hard frost. The starches turn to sugars so that they can survive the winter! Personally, I don't even harvest them until I am going to eat them. I just mulch over the top, and if a really cold snap hits....wait for it to thaw out. They are great!...See MorePlant Fall Potato for Fall Harvest
Comments (0)I would like to try to plant some potatoes in early fall for harvest in late fall. These are seed potatoes I just harvested. If I plant them around the 1st of Sept when temps drop usually below 90*F will they sprout. My first frost date is around 10/1 but I do have season extension capabilities. My problem is not knowing whether they will sprout. Do I need to maybe put them in the refrigerator for a while. Or am I just way off in trying this. I have Kennebec and Russet Norkotah potatoes. I am assuming because the weather will be colder that I will probably only have new potatoes before a hard freeze comes along....See Morewhgille
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